On Thursday December 2, 2021, the GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) held a grant awards ceremony. The ceremony was held at the Mae Gordon Park in Belmopan during which 33 civil society organizations are being supported through recently approved project grants following three call for proposals published. The total envelope of approved project grants is BZ$2,525,823.00 (US$1,262,911.50) with leveraged in-kind and cash co-financing of BZ$3,608,508.00. This collaborative investment will directly impact the lives of approximately sixty- thousand (60,000) beneficiaries throughout Belize. In attendance were members of GEF SGP National Steering Committee, Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management & GEF Operational Focal Point, Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labour and Local Government, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, grassroots indigenous organizations, government representatives, media and other stakeholders during the grant award ceremony.
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U.S. Embassy Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Coordinator Mary Walz and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Deputy Resident Representative in Belize, Ian King handed over US$26,760 in Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment today to the Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs & New Growth Industries Kareem Musa.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Latin America and the Caribbean agreed to a three-year renewal of the strategic partnership to strengthen evidence-based policies on citizen security in Central America and the Dominican Republic. This partnership set in motion the Infosegura Regional Project in 2014, mobilizing $21 million for national and regional public institutions responsible for information management in the area of citizen security.
In continuing with COVID-19 response efforts, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Belize Country Office under the framework of the Global Fund project titled “Building Resilience Through Innovation and National Accountability for the HIV and TB Response in Belize” has delivered a Cepheid Gene Xpert Machine to support the Ministry of Health and Wellness in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Belize Crime Observatory (BCO) presented its mid-year country-report on gender-based violence in the form of an interactive web display.
With grant funding from the India-UN Partnership Fund, and support from UNDP the Support to Infrastructure for Human Development, Health and Sports Project was implemented by the Ministry of Human Development, Families & Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration. The project supported infrastructural improvements through the upgrading facilities at the Youth Challenge Programme (YCP) and the construction of a multi-purpose facility in San Ignacio Town to address youth vulnerability to crime and enhance community health and well-being.